Expand the definition of ‘reading’ to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won’t read shark books forever. – Jon Scieszka, American children’s writer Read more

Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they’re gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that’s what I give them. That’s all I’m trying to do. Is that really so wrong? – James Patterson, best-selling American author Read more

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. – Vera Brittain, English writer, feminist, and pacifist Read more

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. – Mark Twain, American author and humorist Read more

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed. – Lawrence Clark Powell, librarian, literary critic, bibliographer and author of more than 100 books Read more

“This is a work of fiction. Still, given an infinite number of possible worlds, it must be true on one of them. And if a story set in an infinite number of possible worlds is true in one of them, then it must be true in all of them. So maybe, it’s not as fictional as we think.” “This is… Read more

So very true: I don’t care where I live, so long as there’s a roof to keep the rain off my books, and high-speed Internet access. – Eliezer Yudkowsky, American machine learning researcher, writer, blogger, and advocate for friendly artificial intelligence. Read more

“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet — it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.” – Joss Whedon, American screenwriter, film and television director, film and television producer, comic book author and composer Read more

“My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.” – Peter Golkin It’s funny – this quote is in all sorts of search engines and quote lists, but I can’t find anything about Golkin! Read more

“A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.” – Phyllis McGinley, children’s author Read more